News by subject: LBR

The Teamsters commended the Vermont Senate today for passing the Vermont PRO Act (S. 102), legislation that would make it easier for both private and public sector workers to unionize by expanding the right to form a union to...

Teamsters Local 264 members who work for the Town of Lewiston have voted to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement. The three-year agreement is retroactive to January 1, 2024, and includes a general wage increase of 15 percent over the life of...

Yesterday evening, WestJet and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), the certified union representing WestJet load controllers, reached a tentative agreement on the first collective bargaining agreement between the...

Unifor is expressing its consternation following the press release published on May 7 by Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), justifying the suspension of its activities at its cellulose plant in Témiscaming, Quebec. RYAM acknowledged that this...

Today, leaders from Canada's public sector unions held a joint press conference to reiterate their strong opposition to the federal government's mandate for a three-day in-office work week. This directive affects over 260,000 federal public service...

Canada's largest public service unions, representing more than 260,000 federal public service workers, will hold a joint press conference to announce further actions opposing the government's misguided three-day in-office mandate. Tens of thousands...

Canada's largest public service unions, representing more than 260,000 federal public service workers, will hold a joint press conference to announce further actions opposing the government's misguided three-day in-office mandate. Tens of thousands...

Postal workers have solutions ? but will Canada Post and the Government listen? "Public Postal services do have a future in this country and in the world. We have to grow toward it," says Jan Simpson, National President of the Canadian Union of...

The National Association of Letter Carriers' annual Stamp Out Hunger® Food Drive will be held on Saturday, May 11. The letter carrier food drive, which began in 1993, is the country's largest single-day food drive....

Economic activity in the hospital subsector grew in April for the eighth consecutive month after contracting twice in the previous four-month period, with 35 consecutive months of growth prior to that, say the nation's hospital supply executives in...

Workers at The Cannabist Company in North Hollywood and Studio City have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 630. The 60 new Teamsters work as budtenders at both locations....

Drivers at United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) have unanimously voted to join Teamsters Local 79 in Tampa, Fla. The 80-worker group stood strong to overcome a nasty union-busting campaign by the natural food distributor, taking their fight to the...

Bus drivers and monitors at First Student in Bristol have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 671. The new Teamsters provide student transportation for Bristol Public Schools....

Rank-and-file Costco Teamsters and General President Sean M. O'Brien rallied yesterday in Norfolk, Va., in support of the union-wide initiative to organize and mobilize workers at the wholesale retailer ahead of national contract negotiations later...

The WestJet Group and the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) the certified union representing WestJet Aircraft Maintenance Engineers, today announced they have reached a tentative agreement on the first collective bargaining agreement...

Workers at Nestle have decided to strike over a lack of improvements to their pension plan. Also at issue is the time it takes workers to get to the top rate of pay. "Nestle workers in the past have gone on strike over pension contributions and...

WestJet today has issued a 72-hour lockout notice to the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA), the union that represents WestJet Aircraft Maintenance Engineers. As a result of today's lockout notice, a work stoppage could occur as early as...

Today, DHL Teamsters from across the U.S. called out the alarming union-busting and anti-worker tactics of the global delivery and logistics giant during DHL Group's Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Bonn, Germany....

Unifor members working at Waste Management Canada Corp. (WM) began strike action on May 2, 2024. Major issues with the employer include forced overtime and lack of work-life-balance. "Our dedicated members handle the tough job of ensuring...

In a move that has raised serious concerns about the future of rural health care and ignited widespread criticism from local residents, healthcare professionals and advocacy groups, South Bruce Grey Health Centre (SBGHC) has announced the decision to...

Canada's main voice for freelance workers is thrilled to announce an organizing drive that will expand the membership of the Canadian Freelance Union beyond communications workers. The first group to join en masse are interpreters and translators who...

Economic activity in the services sector contracted in April for the first time since December 2022, ending a period of 15 consecutive months of growth, say the nation's purchasing and supply executives in the latest Services ISM® Report On...

After over a year of bargaining, LifeLabs workers from Orillia, Barrie, Collingwood, and Wasaga Beach are on strike for a contract that empowers them to provide high quality patient care....

Three Ontario nurses will be recognized during National Nursing Week (May 6 ? 12, 2024) for their extraordinary contributions to the nursing profession and Ontario's health system as part of the annual Nursing Now Ontario Awards (NNOA). The...

Teamsters leaders and Amazon workers joined with Senators Ed Markey (D-MA) and Tina Smith (D-MN) today to announce the introduction of legislation in the U.S. Senate that would hold Amazon accountable for its dangerous safety practices and abusive...

Rank-and-file Costco Teamsters, General President Sean M. O'Brien, and General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman will rally in Norfolk, Va., on Sunday, May 5, to commemorate the landmark victory in the city and champion union-wide effort to organize...

The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) and its 68,000 members including registered nurses, nurse practitioners and registered practical nurses, will mark Nursing Week 2024 by demanding respect and recognition....

Unifor is pleased to come to a voluntary recognition agreement with First Student Bus during a contract flip, which protects the seniority of Unifor Local 4268 members, who currently service bus routes at Stock Transportation in Toronto. "Far too...

Workers at Sunnyside, a subsidiary of Cresco Labs, in River North have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 777. "We are...

Flight dispatchers represented by Teamsters Local 284 in Columbus, Ohio, are ringing alarm bells over NetJets Aviation's (NJA) plan to scale back commitments to passengers, pilots, and flight attendants that FAA-licensed dispatchers must approve all...

Workers at Portillo's Food Service in Aurora voted this week to be represented by Iron Workers Local 853. This comes after six months of workers coming together to speak out against disrespect on the job. During this time, Portillo's management...

Crowley and Teamsters Union Local 901 have reached a new labor agreement to extend their longtime partnership into its sixth decade serving the shipping and logistics needs of Puerto Rico. We appreciate the Teamsters' trust in continuing our...

Members of Unifor Local 1541 who work at Best Theratronics ? a company in Kanata, Ont. that manufactures medical devices ? went on strike this morning after the company refused to budge on major concessions, including a proposed two-year contract...

The Teamsters are proud to endorse the bipartisan agreement to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Over the last year and half, Teamsters have been adamant that the FAA Reauthorization Act include key priorities to protect workers...

The Teamsters Union will present a countermotion urging investors to reject DHL Group's executive remuneration report at the company's Annual General Meeting in Bonn, Germany, on Friday, May 3....

Today, Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio released an official report documenting how companies like Uber and Lyft have cheated the state's employee protection programs out of hundreds of millions of dollars by misclassifying workers as...

Members of Unifor Local 3018 have voted 98% in favour of taking legal strike action against Gibraltar Mines if a fair settlement cannot be reached in May 2024....

Unifor members working at 11 Dominion stores across the island of Newfoundland ratified a new collective agreement, voting 88% in favour. The agreement follows a supermarket pattern set in summer 2023 by the union and secured at Metro supermarkets in...

Ontario's forest firefighters will soon have the same presumptive WSIB coverage that urban firefighters do. Like urban firefighters, forest firefighters are at a higher risk of cancer, heart disease and heart injuries, and post-traumatic stress...

Workers at the Marin/Sonoma Mosquito and Vector Control District have voted unanimously to join Teamsters Local 665. The 33 new members protect the health and welfare of residents in Marin and Sonoma counties from mosquitoes and vector-borne...

On April 28 of every year, Canada observes its National Day of Mourning in commemoration of those who have lost their lives, suffered illness or injury on the job or experienced a work?related tragedy. This year, the Union of Canadian Correctional...

Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) workers, members of OPSEU/SEFPO Local 535, voted today to ratify their new collective agreement after a one-month, historic first strike at the gallery....

This morning at OPSEU/SEFPO Convention 2024, member delegates from across Ontario re-elected President JP Hornick to continue the worker fightback for better working conditions for public sector workers and strong public services for all...

Workers from two Portillo's food production facilities stood together in support of each other's efforts to unionize with Ironworkers Local 853. Over one year ago workers at the Addison location voted overwhelmingly in support of representation, and...

Unifor welcomes 800 new auto sector members at F & P, a Tier 1 Automotive Parts Manufacturer located in Tottenham, Ontario. "These...

On Friday, hundreds of OPSEU/SEFPO members will take to the streets of downtown Toronto in a march to protect public services.  This...

Bus drivers at All-Star Transportation, a subsidiary of Student Transportation of America, in Wolcott have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 671. The 37 new Teamsters provide student transportation for Wolcott Public Schools....

Critical multi-government investment for new Honda Canada electric vehicle, battery and battery material facilities will further bolster Canada's auto sector and help secure and grow jobs across the value chain. The projected $15 billion investment...

Today, Unifor members rallied outside the Wescast plant in Wingham, Ontario. The protest is in response to Wescast Industries continued refusal to pay approximately $10 million in severance and termination pay owed to workers who were laid off in...

The Rhode Island Senate Committee on Labor yesterday passed Teamsters-endorsed legislation, Senate Bill 2785, which would ban employers from forcing workers to attend captive audience meetings. Employers frequently use captive audience meetings to...